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Mosaic - Erwin McManus

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🗓️ 22 August 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Erwin McManus brings us into a conversation on the unique design of the human soul. Compared to every other creature, we are the only ones that manifest the invisible into something tangible. We are created to create and imagined by God to imagine what does not yet exist.

From Exodus chapter 2, Erwin points out that Moses was said to be no ordinary child. As he ponders this phrase, he shares that many of us feel as though we are ordinary. And though we may see others living unordinary lives--we believe that it is simply something we're not cut out for.

But Erwin challenges us to think differently. What if none of us are ordinary? What if God designed us from the start to live extraordinary lives? Isn't it proof enough that no other creature wonders how they can change the mundane nature of their existence? Only humans wonder if there is more for us. What if God put that desire into the design of our human souls?

This message is inspired by Artisan Soul, Erwin Raphael McManus' book that calls us to reclaim our creative essence as humans.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, I want to welcome you to the Mosaic podcast.
0:11.8	I'm Pastor Erwin and I feel like I just wanted to thank you for listening.
0:15.5	In case you didn't know, I just released a new book, it's called The Genius of Jesus,
0:19.7	the Man Who Changed Everything.
0:21.3	And you can order it today at TheGeniusOfJesus.com.
0:25.1	Which years ago, I stopped writing books and I stopped being a part of a broader conversation
0:31.1	and needed to take some time and just sort of step into a different space.
0:36.9	And maybe you've been in a place in your life where you felt like other people wanted
0:40.8	your life except for you.
0:43.5	And you wondered if you could take the crucible that you were in and face the challenges
0:48.4	that were in front of you.
0:50.8	And one of the things that has really pressed against my own soul over the journey that I've been on
0:57.6	is how strange it is to be in a place where someone actually thinks you're good at something.
1:03.4	If you're like me, I was not one of those kids that had any natural talent.
1:09.0	I mean, I had friends that had natural talent.
1:10.8	I had a brother who had natural talent.
1:12.9	In fact, my brother, best I could tell, was the fastest kid in the United States.
1:16.0	By the time he was in sixth grade, he was a quarterback, broke all the passing records
1:19.2	in our high school, you know, he was that kid.
1:21.4	Imagine having an older brother in the same grade with you, who was that guy?
1:25.6	The guy who was the fastest guy, the most talented guy, the most athletic guy.
1:29.7	And by the way, he's also an intellectual genius because it wouldn't be fair for him
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